"South America’s Protests: Why Blame Yourself When You Can Blame Someone Else?"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Providence
November 20, 2019
Originally published: https://providencemag.com/2019/11/south-americas-protests-why-blame-yourself-when-you-can-blame-someone-else/
Three
South American countries—Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador—have experienced massive
protests in the past couple of months. Discontent against the powers-that-be
originated for different reasons, including anger over subsidy cuts, costlier
living expenses, disrespect for indigenous rights, and one head of state’s
attempt to remain in power.
In
all three countries, their respective governments have blamed external actors for
the violence. While a case can be made for this possibility, blaming “others”
is also a sign that these presidents (or the former president, in the case of
Bolivia) did not want to admit their own faults and shortcomings.
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